Skull fitting hat



March 7, 1944. 1, ETMAN 2,343,758

SKULL-FITTING HAT Filed Jan. 22, 1942 is/1W5];

A Trams/Er Patented Mar. 7, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKULLFITTING HAT Israel KQEtman, New York, N. Y. Application January 22,1942, Serial No. 427,181

2 Claims.

This invention relates to reversible hats particularly the snugskull-fitting type having ear cover portions.

An object is the provision of mean to manufacture a reversible hat offour main pieces of suitable material in an economical manner.

Another object is the provision of means in a reversible fur hatfacilitating snug skull fit 50 that an additional hat such as a metalhelmet may be advantageously worn thereover.

Another object is the provision of means in a reversible hat whereby thehat may at times be worn partially exposing suitable selected portionsof the lining and fastening said portions to maintain them in desiredpositions.

Still another object is the provision of means to tie the hat to thewearers head; and to fold the hat so that it may be carried in a pocketof a worn garment.

These and other objects will be understood from the attached drawing andthe following specification.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my hat showing it tied to the wearershead and havin the ear covers covering the ears, the fur side acting asa lining.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hat of Fig. 1 showing the ear coverstied up to overlie the top or crown.

Fig. 3-is a rear elevation view of the hat of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation view of the hat of Fig. 1 having the peakfolded up against the crown.

Fig. 5 is a plan development of the bracketed parts before beingfastened together.

Fig. 6 shows the step in fastening either the inner or outer memberelements together to conceal the seam formed by the stitching.

Fig. '7 shows the last step in fastening the inner member to the outermember at the rear neck portion and shows a taping strip fastened alongthe edges just after the inner and outer members are joined and while inoutside-in position.

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation view of the hat of Fig. 1 wherein the rearneck portion is lower than that shown in Fig. 3.

I prefer to manufacture my hat by using only two pieces of material foreach of the inner and outer members. I find it desirable to use cloth orfelt for the inner member I0 and suitable fur for the outer member IIand said materials may be of similar or suitable contrasting colors.

The inner and outer side elements IOI, III of respective members I 0 andII each providing integral left and right sides, are cut from thesamepattern providing integral ear portions I02, H2 and peaks I 03, I I3.The inner and outer top-back element I 04, H4 are also each cut toconform with the same top-back pattern it being noted that a V-shapedpiece maybe cut out of the material to provide wings I04W, II 4W (Fig.5). The size of said removed V-shaped piece may vary as desired. It ispreferred to cut a number of said similar elements simultaneously as isunderstood in the art. The composite pattern provides pieces which whenjoined will form a hat to snugl fit the skull.

In manufacture I first join together the V edges of wings I04W or ofII4W and then join the elements I0 I, I04 together by fur machinestitching the cooperative marginal edges (which type stitching I preferto use whenever possible) preferably concealing the seam on the innerrespective side Of the material. It is seen that an ornamental V jointof stitching I05 results in the front section of the crown when elementsI0 I, I M are joined.

I then suitably shape the article to conform with a humans skull.

With the wrong side of materials on the outside I then join the innerand outer members I0, II, by suitably fur machine stitching thecorresponding outer marginal edge portions thereof together exceptingthe rear neck portion edges which are left unstitched providing a handhole therein thru which the hat may be turned inside out. The seamsformed by the stitching are again on the inner side of the materials. Ithen fasten a tape T along the periphery of the unfastened edges of therear neck portion (see Figs. 7 and 8).

I then turn the article inside out.

I then prefer to hand stitch H, the corresponding outer marginal edgesI08, II8 of the rear neck portion as the next step. The tape facilitatessaid stitching.

Suitable tie streamers I09, snap fasteners H0 or loops L may be providedfor obvious reasons.

With materials having edges that may fray it is preferred to first foldback the edge portion to better prepare it for joining it with fur bymeans of fur stitching.

It is seen that a snug skull fit hat having suitable rear neck edgeportion, ear laps and peak has been formed which may be Worn with eithersurface material as the exposed outer surface of the hat as in Figs. 1and 4. At times the earlap portions may be worn as shown in Fig. 4 tothen expose parts of the inner material. The earlaps may be made so asto extend under the chin to be directly removably fastened to eachother. The peak portion may be likewise folded upwardly as in Fig. 4.

The rear neck portion is arranged as shown in Fig. 3 to maintaincomfortable fixed position of the hat on the head when worn whileengaged in prone shooting position. Said neck can be arranged in othersuitable manner as in Fig. 8.

It is seen that an additional metal helmet (shown in dot dash) or otherhead garment may be unobstructively worn over such a snug fitting hat asin Fig. 1.

While I have shown such a hat preferably made of four pieces of materialit is understood that such hats may be made of greater number of parts.

Parts may be used without others. The disclosure is intended to beillustrative rather than limitative.

I claim:

1. In a reversible hat made of four main pieces and having an outer andan inner member, said members each comprising two pieces forming a sidepiece and a crown piece, said crown piece being substantially V-shapedand having a pointed front end and an elongated widened rear neckportion terminating in a concave edge forming the rear lower edge of thehat, the side edges of the V-shaped crown being straight at the frontpointed end joined with convex portions in the central part andterminating in straight portions at the rear part of the side edges, thesides piece integrally forming a peak, sides and earlaps, said sidespiece having a lower convex edge at its front central or peak partjoined at its right and left with concave edge parts in turn joined withconvex edge parts forming the earlaps, the upper edge of the sides piecebeing convex and having a V-shaped front central edge part joining ateither end the said convex edge of the earlaps, the upper central andintermediate convex edge of the side piece being joined with thecooperative side edges of the crown piece in the formation of each saidinner and outer member and said inner and outer members being stitchedtogether along their conformative marginal edges to form the hat.

2. The device of claim 1 including a V-shaped cut-out in the neckportion of the crown piece providing adjacent edges joined by stitchingto contract the neck portion.

ISRAEL K. ETMAN.

